Educational uses for video games

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-Ashley

Video Game	Uses
Creatures - PC	Biology, Chemistry, Behavioral science, Genetics, Ecology
Spore - PC	Biology, Evolution, Ecology, Creature design
Nation States - web-based	Government, Understanding of political systems, Understanding of political power, Economy, Civil Rights, Political Freedoms, Issues, United Nations
Little Big Planet - PS3, PSP	Physics, Collaboration, World design, Design/Creativity, Story-tellings
Endless Ocean - Wii	Oceanography, Marine Biology, Animals
Afrika - PS3	Zoology, African Animals, Photography, Photo-safari
Portal - PS3, XBox360, PC	Physics! SCIENCE! Problem-solving. Puzzles.
World of Goo	Puzzles, Physics, Critical thinking
Age of Empires - PC	History, Military tactics, Civil engineering
Age of Mythology - PC	Mythology
Sid Meier's Civilization	Empire building, History
Romance of the Three Kingdoms	Chinese history, City-building
Trauma Center - Wii, DS	Medicine (though it gets a bit bizarre)
Harvest Moon	Farming, Ranching
Scribblenauts	Problem-solving, Creative thinking
Phoenix Wright	Law, Trials, Detective work, Critical-thinking
City of Heroes - PC (MMO)	Character building, Creative-writing skills
Tetris	Geometry
Professor Layton - DS	Puzzles and Problem-solving- includes, critical thinking, math, logic, and more
Mario Paint - SNES	Art Studio. Teaches tessellation, simple animation, and music composition. Fosters basic computer skills with its mouse peripheral and desktop layout
Oregon Trail - PC	Resource management
Pokémon - GB, GBA, DS	Managing money. Advanced players look at Pokémon stats and game stats to breed better or special Pokémon. See Smogon for examples.
Banjo Kazooie Nuts & Bolts - XBox360	Build vehicles from parts to complete tasks.
Katamari Damacy - PS3, PSP, PS2, XBox360	Levels require you to reach different sizes, some require you to stop when you reach specific sizes- students can learn how different metric measurements compare.
**Whyville**	Web-based and free STEM virtual world: math, biology, logic, engineering and more. World-wide chat community.
Grid Detective - Kindle	Deductive reasoning, logic game
Pixel Perfect Puzzles - Kindle	Problem Solve, Logic game
Every Word - Kindle	Vocabulary builder, problem solve
Pirate Stash - Kindle CT Arcade--web based	Logic, Problem Solving Teach computational thinking by training your Artificial Intelligence to play tic-tac-toe